Why does Hillary get a pass on "obliterate"

[Madam Mossfern]

and Obama get skewered on "bitter"?

I don't get it.

[IndianaGreen]

1. Hillary doesn't think that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were enough

She wants to outdo General LeMay in "testicular" what-have-you.

For many, Bittergate is more important than mushroom clouds and radiation sickness.

[K Gardner]

2. Because Reverend Wright didn't say it.

[suston96]

3. A pass on "obliterate"? Because that isn't all she said. The part about Israel.........

.........being first nuked by Iran was omitted.

Obama didn't get skewered on "bitter". It's the rest of his words that sunk him - God, guns, and the rest.

[wileedog]

23. Wasn't just Israel

She indicated that any ME country would be under our "umbrella of protection"

You want to go to nuclear war for Jordon?

[Dogmudgeon]

31. WHAT? You mean Team Obama DELIBERATELY MISQUOTED her?

Shocked! I am just SHOCKED!

:sarcasm:

--p!

[BlueIdaho]

4. Because everyone knows she's not going to win.

It immaterial really.

[Bensthename]

5. fucking beats the hell out of me..

Why is MSM out to kill Obama? I am not sure..

[MrSlayer]

6. Because it was based on an impossible hypothetical.

Iran is not going to be nuking anyone anytime soon. The question was ludicrous.

[TomClash]

7. Obama = "wrong hue"

It's enough to make me vomit.

[Orsino]

8. Because America loves war, and military might.

The hard-ons generated by her hawkish utterances are much more fun than, say, having to discuss ending a bloody, discouraging and unaffordable actual war, and bringing the troops home in what will smell suspiciously like defeat. This is an advantage she has over Obama, and she will use it again.

[msongs]

12. obama - all options are on the table INCLUDING invade Pakistan. warmonger indeed nt

[Orsino]

30. That's just run-of-the-mill American militarism.

No CinC ever takes military options off the table--even if he says he does. I'm no fan of such posturing, but I prefer it to eagerly-volunteered promises of obliteration (no matter how phony).

[Aloha Spirit]

9. She's not getting a pass from Iran... they just issued a formal complaint to the UN about it

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/01/mideast/iran.php

Iran has lodged a formal protest at the United Nations over comments by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that the United States would "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Thursday

[Tribetime]

10. Can't believe the media ignores this

[Aloha Spirit]

11. Just US media. Rest of the world was appalled.

[dcindian]

13. Maybe the difference is black and white.

And we as Democrats just don't want to see it.

[GoldieAZ49]

14. Iran wants to "obliterate" Israel, if your ok with that then you would understand her comments

and it isn't worth wasting time trying to educate the uneducable.

Obama's comments in their totality (not just the word bitter) echos marxism.

[Evergreen Emerald]

15. Because you are taking it out of context

I know you hate her. I know you criticize every breath she takes, every word she utters to justify your venoum. But, in the real world, people who are not just spewing talking points, sees the response for what it is.

[neverforget]

19. last time I checked, Israel has nukes and can take care of itself.

[kenny blankenship]

16. Did someone say "obliterate"???

[knixphan]

17. Hill was talking about brown people, and Barack....

[neverforget]

18. War = good profits for media; Wright = good profits for media NOW

[Lilith Velkor]

20. The media always goes after the frontrunner

Lemme guess - you thought when they were going after her it was because she deserved it.

[hokies4ever]

21. Maybe in the MSM, but not in the international media

or in the UN. Tehran just submitted a protest letter to the UN Security Council over her 'obliteration' comments.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7376741.stm

[RBInMaine]

22. Because you have a JOKE of a corporate whore media with a corporate whore agenda.

[Cha]

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:( When will the mediawhores go down in infamy?

[The Doctor.]

24. I give up.

Oh... it's not a joke?

[1776Forever]

25. You and me both! Doesn't it seem obvious that the MSM wants Hillary in the General?

And when Bill signed the 1996 Communications Act it went all their way! Murdoch, Dubai, TATA, Gupta, Peter Paul, you name it and they have done it but not a word on the MSM about any of this!

[billyoc]

26. Clinton gets a pass on many things because she's not the nominee.

Obama is under greater scrutiny because he's running for President.

HTH HAND

[PseudoIntellect]

27. Obama called Americans bitter when obviously our nation is holy and perfect.

There's nothing to be bitter about.

Meanwhile, Hillary talked about obliterating Iran. Who cares about that nation, right, we're Americans.

:sarcasm:

[quantass]

28. cuz she's a Girl, silly! We girls get away with a lot of things and if we dont we'll cry!

Honestly, i have no idea...maybe its because she is expected to do evil things and so this popping up is not really out of character...i know i wasnt surprised when she said it.

[LWolf]

32. She doesn't.

She doesn't get a pass on that, or on the IWR, Patriot Act, Kyl/Lieberman, and many other deal-breaking votes and positions.

Neither does Obama get a pass.

Not on his hypocritical campaigning on "against the war from the beginning" while he repeatedly funded and supported the "stupid war" in Congress.

Not on his willingness to leave unilateral action in other nations on the table in his desire to pursue the "war on terror."

Not on his fondness for conservative republican agendas like merit pay and further privatization of public education, his admiration of Ronald Reagan, his criticism of "the excesses" of the 60s and 70s (read "liberals.")

Not on his willingness to allow homophobes, not only a place at the table, but a place on stage campaigning for him.

Not on his desire to leave private pharmaceutical and health insurance companies at the health care trough to corrupt policy.

NEITHER OF THEM GET A PASS.

[invictus]

33. Because the MSM is pro-war against Islamic countries.

Remember all the gushing and absolutely no scrutiny during the run-up to the Iraq War? It will be the same for an Iran War if either Hillary or McCain became president.

[invictus]

34. A vote for Hillary is a vote for more war. n/t

[moondust]

35. NY media working for the NY candidate.